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History · Glacier View

Half of Glacier View’s homes were built after 1984

Most of Glacier View was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 2000.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Glacier View’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Glacier View are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glacier View’s history is told.

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The story so far

Glacier View, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Glacier View yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Glacier View is a census-designated place (CDP) in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Area. At the 2020 census the population was 375, up from 234 in 2010. The terminus of Matanuska Glacier is located approximately three miles southwest of Glacier View.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 234 to 375 (+60%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Glacier View, decade by decade

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Tundra Trees Before Sunset2024Tundra Trees Before Sunset
On the map

Glacier View on the map, 1948 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Glacier View. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Glacier View on the 1948 USGS mapGlacier View on the 1952 USGS mapGlacier View on the 1993 USGS map1948Anchorage D-3 sheet · 1:63,360

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Glacier View.

People over time

Glacier View, census by census

010020030040020002020Peak: 375

Between 234 and 375 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Glacier View’s Wikipedia page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

ChickaloonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEureka RoadhouseIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.